The Elegant Criminal

Overview

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 19, 1990

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Cast

Marie-Armelle Deguy,Jean Poiret,Jean-Paul Muel,Gérald Calderon,Bertrand Van Effenterre,Jacques Sereys,Yves Dangerfield,Henri Colpi,Geneviève Casile,Jean-Luc Douinand 21 more

Director

Francis Girod

Writer

Georges Conchon,Francis Girod

Producer

Ariel Zeitoun

Cinematography

Bruno de Keyzer

Music

Laurent Petitgirard

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0099965